INTRODUCING: Female Rapper UJALA aka “EVOLVED EVOLV”

Ujala aka “Evolved Evolv” 17 year old emerging rapper from Darjeeling, hits you hard with her lyrics. When we 1st heard her song, it was the lyrics which stood out. The aggression and frustration in her lyrics is perhaps representative of how teenagers feel today…

This is how she starts… “I slit my Grandma’s throat n I stitched it ‘gain cuz that B**ch wouldn’t Stop babbling n it was scrambling my brains (ahh).”

Some of her lyrics run deep and reflective:

“I’ve got some kinda’ Phobia and I admit it… I’ve got this feeling built up n I just cannot kill it! Sum times I give myself a high 5, jump from the rooftop and call ‘it’s a skydive’.”

And at times, a “I Don’t Care” attitude:

“So y’all can get f***ed up n comment about me but don’t worry I’ve always got a plan B. The sky was clear but since I came, it’s become Cloudy… so that the gods won’t see me driving a F***ing truck over ya’ tied up Body

Her aggression is confined to her lyrics though, a Darjeeling girl at heart, and a HUGGGEEEE FAN of Eminem, Ujala hopes to Big someday and perform with her idol – Eminem.

The daughter of Mrs. Shradha and Bharat Gurung, Ujala is breaking the barriers, and we wish her luck in her music career.

Name: Ujala GurungSchool: Loreto Convent 12th Grade!

TheDC:So how long have you been into Into writing rap songs?

Evolved: I was 7 years old after but started writing my own Rhymes, from the age of 10 started with mini Rhymes and gradually it grew up as my passion by the time I was 14 !!

The thing that really drove me into rapping is when I first heard/watched Eminem’s music Video for ‘Cleaning out Close,’ I was in Grade 1! That was the first time I actually came to know about him and it really made me think… about some months later my sis got the 8Mile DVD and we watched, and I jus fell in Love with the man! And yeah I started writing my own pieces! …

TheDC:Tell Us about the Song

Evolved: umm the song Evolved Evol is all about me the frustrated Side of me! It’s my Alter ego! I may have not been bought up in a “Hood!” People in the Ghettos might have been through a lot more than me! But I’ve grown up with this Music! It’s not just a Part of my life… It’s my life

I may not have been thru real Rap battles but I’ve been Battling Myself it’s been Ujala vs Evolved Evol!

TheDC:We don’t have a “hip-hop” culture in Darjeeling, so how do you prepare?

Evolved: I am a Freestyle Rapper n all these years I’ve been battling against me! Since there’s no one to battle against in my town since we don’t have that Culture! I write pieces and prepare it like for 15 minutes and Spit it… and I take 5minutess to prepare the Counter pieces and I fight against myself and make fun of my self… I try to attack at myself cuz honestly you are then only one who knows your weakness and strengths.

TheDC: Why this aggression?

Evolved: The very first line “I slit my Grandma’s Throat and I stitched it again” is my life man! I hate my grand mom but doesn’t mean I’m gonna Kill her but yeah That’s The part where u get introduced to Evolved Evol! It tells the story of a within myself, and perhaps this is how every teen feels.

TheDC:Railway station and toy trains, how does that go with your angry lyrics?

Evolved: In the video I show our Railway Station and the train… as it symbolizes I being ready for a ride… Cuz that’s me! I’m like the lil’ toy train of our town… I’m ready for the Go I’m ready to enter the rap Game!
So I symbolized it with my song and I put it in the Hook “Chooock choock choock chooock Evolved Evol”

TheDC:What inspires you?

Evolved: Umm what inspires me is Eminem’s Music… cuz when he came the whole Concept of Slim Shady was awesome and I would be a maniac too !

TheDC: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Evolved: Umm 5 years from now 2020, I’d see myself working with Eminem at Shady Records haha! I wish he’d mentor me you know that feeling haha! But let’s see that’s my ultimate dream I see the things that way haha you know what I mean?

I dream Big Cuz My inspiration is soooo Big, so I have to dream big! Otherwise it would sound funny if I dream small… it wouldn’t sound good… despite having an Inspiration Like Eminem!

TheDC:What are your hopes for now?

Evolved: At this point of time I just want people to view the song on YouTube and get as many viewers as I Can haha! Mayb that’d be my Break

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